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support him. he's followed by ron paul at 22%. rick santorum is now third with 16%. newt gingrich is at 14%. michele bachmann is on the campaign trail in des moines right now, a day after one of her high profile advisers defected. bachmann is likely to face questions about the decision by state senator ken sorenson to jump ship and throw his support behind ron paul. we're keying an eye on bachmann's media event and we'll take you there live for some of the q and a session. he may be the front-runner but mitt romney isn't predicting how he will do in the iowa caucuses. he started ...

extension that was passed by the senate. today neither side shows any signs of giving in. >> i told the president there's one big reason why we need to do a full year, and that's jobs. a one-year bill like the president requested and like the house produced is simply better for jobs and better for our economy. >> let's enact this bipartisan compromise, however, to eliminate uncertainty for american families and then get right to work on a one-year version. not wait until february. not walk away and hold off until the last minute. got more encouraging news about the job market. the ...

house republicans attached unrelated projects to the bill that democrats don't want. the cut expires december 31st and without an extension the typical worker will get hit with $1,000 tax increase in the new year. newt gingrich has lost his iowa campaign director. craig bergman has stepped down over some comments he reportedly made about mormons. the des mois register says he called mormonism a cult. two of gingrich's rivals rather in the republican presidential race, mitt romney and jon huntsman are mormons. the faa says starting friday american airlines pilots can use ipads in ...

republicans already sniping about a democratic choice for the congressional super committee. democrats have named senators patty murray, max baucus, and john kerry to the debt panel. and republicans are complaining that murray shouldn't get a seat because she's too political. she's in charge of fund raising for democratic senate candidates. and 12 lawmakers are supposed to be named to the committee by tuesday. they're there to pinpoint $1.5 trillion in spending cuts by late november. 10,000 extra police officers kept a lid on the violence in london last night. but rioting and loo...

suicide bombers, one on a motorcycle, one on foot, targettarget ed cadets in northwestern pakistan. that happening today. the two explosions killed 80 people. the academy is near the border with afghanistan. now, sources say that bin laden's widows, they're not giving up a lot of information. the three women are described as hostile to their american questioners. the interview took place with pakistani intelligence officers in the room. and a source says only the oldest wife spoke. defense secretary robert gates says he is going to pump up security around the navy s.e.a.l. team tha...